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The Salvation Army of Holmes County moved from its former digs in Millersburg, but it didn’t have to move very far

UK Surgeon General, Major General Phil Carter, joined senior military medical leaders from across NATO at the alliance’s 65th Committee of the Chiefs of Military Medical Services (COMEDS) plenary in Skopje, North Macedonia, last week. 

Artist Tom Miller’s fingerprints are all over the Holmes area, especially dotting the landscape of Sugarcreek, known as the Little Switzerland of Ohio

On 25 September 2025, Heads of States and Government will meet at the UN General Assembly to set a new vision for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and the promotion of mental health and wellbeing towards 2030 and beyond through a new, ambitious and achievable Political Declaration

One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections causing common infections in people worldwide in 2023 were resistant to antibiotic treatments, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report launched today. Between 2018 and 2023, antibiotic resistance rose in over 40% of the pathogen-antibiotic combinations monitored, with an average annual increase of 5–15%. 

July 22, 2026 Media Room Ontario Breaks Ground on Expanded Emergency Department at Hamilton Health Sciences’ Hamilton General Hospital

The use of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist medications continues to rise, with a 155% increase in the percentage of people with type 2 diabetes taking these drugs from 2018 to 2022

Update July 10, 2026: Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. initiated a voluntary recall of 2.5 million bottles of prednisoLONE Acetate Ophthalmic Suspension, USP, 1%. The prescription eye drops are being recalled due to a “foreign substance.” You can see a full list of the recalled eye dropshere.  

Nova Scotia’s auditor general says the Office of Addictions and Mental Health has failed to provide effective oversight of mental health and addiction services and its staff were not aware of all provincially funded centres offering care

Jio Financial Services Ltd (JFSL) and Allianz Group have signed a binding agreement to establish a 50:50 primary insurance joint venture in India, focused on general and health insurance. The agreement, announced on April 22, 2026, formalizes a partnership first outlined in July 2025 and is subject to statutory and regulatory approvals. The partners are…